Girl, 7, dies in Iran missile strike while in Israel for cancer treatment
The family of seven-year-old Nastya Buryk were staying in Bat Yam in Israel while she underwent cancer treatment when their appartment block was hit by a missile
A seven-year-old girl has tragically died this week after getting caught up in the Iran missile strike.
Israel has been launching missiles at Iran in an attempt to cripple its nuclear capabilities since last Friday, and US President Donald Trump was thinking about getting involved. But, Trump dramatically stepped back from the brink last night as Britain prepared to take part in peace talks with Iran.
Yesterday Iranian missiles crashed into a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv, wounding at least 240 people, around 15km away a missile also struck Bat Yam where the family of a young girl were staying while she underwent treatment.
Nastya Buryk, from Odesa in Ukraine, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on August 29, 2022 and she underwent her first course of chemotherapy in Ukraine. Nastya's condition improved, but then she suffered a relapse.
She needed more specialist treatment, so with some help from charitable donations, but largely self-funded, her family decided to try and seek treatment in Isal in December 2022. In Israel, Nastya underwent a bone marrow transplant.
Sadly, the procedure did not work, and the leukaemia returned. But a new treatment to encourage the failed bone marrow transplant to work offered Nastya's family hope again.
Earlier this year Nastya's mother Maria decided to give the new treatment a chance. Nastya's grandmother Olena, 60, flew out to Israel to lend her support. She brought with her two of Nastya's cousins, Konstantin and Ilya, aged nine and seven, who enrolled in local infant schools, reports MailOnline.
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But last week tragedy struck when Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran, with the aim of destroying its nuclear and ballistic missile threat. One week on there continus to be intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel,as both nations continue to exchange fire in what has become the region's most volatile standoff in years.
Last night, Iran boasted that all its nuclear material had been moved to 'a safe place' before Israeli missiles struck its nuclear sites. Iranian commander Mohsen Rezaei said: "'Israel hit Natanz, Isfahan, Khandab, and Arak, but they were already evacuated. All the materials have been moved to a safe place."
Iran retaliated with volleys of missiles and drones at Israel. On the first day of the barrage, June 13, one of those missiles struck the apartment block in the coastal city of Bat Yam where Nastya's family had been staying.
Nastya, her mother, grandmother and the two boys, were all tragically killed in the blast. Only Nastya's father Artem, who is fighting on the front line in Kyiv, remains alive.
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